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Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Government has recently enhanced the prize money of National Sports Awards: Shri Kiren Rijiju
This Ministry is implementing the Scheme of ‘Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons’ for providing lifelong monthly pension to medal winners of Olympic Games, Asian Games, Commonwealth Games, etc. after they retire from active sports and the Scheme of ‘PanditDeendayalUpadhyay National Welfare Fund for Sportspersons’ ’ for providing financial assistance to sportspersons of yesteryears now living in indigent circumstances. Further, Government has enhancedthe prize money of National Sports Awards recently i.e. forRajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna AwardfromRs 7.5 lakh to Rs 25lakh, for Dronacharya Award fromRs5lakh toRs 10 lakh, for Dronacharya Award from Rs5lakh toRs 15 lakh, for Arjuna Award from Rs5lakh toRs 15 lakh and for Dhyan Chand Award fromRs5lakh toRs 10lakh. Further,Cash award is given to the sportspersons for winning medals in international sports events under ‘The Special Awards to Medal winners in International Sports events and their Coaches Scheme’.There is provision of upto 5% reservation in direct recruitment in Group ‘C’ posts for meritorious sportspersons in Central Government. On this, recently, theGovernment has also increased the number of sports discipline from 43 to 63 in the list of games.Further under the National Sports Development Fund, Special assistance is also provided for various sports promotion activities.
This information was given by Union Minister of State  for Youth Affairs and Sports, Shri Kiren Rijiju in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
RCF Crosses Rs. 100 Crore Mark In Cumulative Sales of its Industrial Products In Current Financial Year
Despite the current COVID19 situation Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd- RCF a PSU Under the Department of Fertilizers government of India has been successful in keeping its operations running and has crossed Rs. 100 Crores in sales of its Industrial Products in the first two months of the current Financial year 2020-21.
Major Products are : Ammonia- as refrigerant, for nitriding of steel, rocket fuel, pharmaceuticals.
Ammonium Nitrate- in explosives for coal mining etc.
Ammonium Bi-Carbonate- for bakery products, tanneries.
Methyl Amines- in pesticides, dyestuff, pharmaceuticals.
Concentrated Nitric Acid: in explosives, pharmaceuticals.
Dilute Nitric Acid: in jewellry, propellant.
Argon - arc welding.
Formic Acid - in rubber, leather.
Di-Methyl Formamide - as solvent for fibres, spandex, polyamides.
Di-Methyl Acetamide - as solvent for polyester film, acrylic fibres.
Sodium Nitrate : in propellants, explosives
RCF’s Q4 2019-20 Profit after Tax rises over 190 % over Q4 2018-19
Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Ltd.  tripled its standalone profit after tax in the March quarter to Rs.142.28 crores from Rs.48.47 crores in previous year registering an increase of 193.54%.
RCF’s Profit after Tax For FY 2019-20 rises 49 % over FY 2018-19
Profit after tax for financial year ended 31st March 2020 surged to Rs.208.15 crores from Rs 139.17 core in previous year.
Annual revenue from operations jumped 9 % year-on-year  to Rs. 9698 crores, which is the highest ever since inception. Annual EBIDTA before exceptional items grew 36 % y-o-y to Rs. 711.96 crores.
Despite various challenges being faced by the Company, the financial performance for the current year has been better as compared to previous year.
Fertilizer industry got some relief as Government approved vintage allowance of Rs. 150 per tonne to certain plants  and additional fixed cost of Rs. 350 per tonne of Urea as per Modified NPS III which was long awaited. RCF has accounted for the same in Q4 of FY 2019-20.
The Board has recommended a dividend of 28.40%, its highest-ever dividend declaration in the history of the Company.
S.C. Mudgerikar, CMD RCF, has stated that during the FY 2019-20 the overall sale of manufactured & traded fertilizers increased by 7% over previous year. Company's Complex Fertilizer-Suphala sale increased by more than 15% over previous year. RCF launched two new products during FY 2019-20 viz. Organic Growth Stimulant & Water Soluble Silicon Fertilizer. RCF commissioned 15 million litre per day capacity Sewage Treatment Plant during FY 2019-20. RCF also got recognized as a State Trading Enterprise for import of Urea on government account & imported 16 lakh MT of Urea.
Going forward, the farming sector is expected to get help from a good monsoon forecast in FY 2020-21. In the ongoing current Covid-19 pandemic, Company is fully geared -up to face the upcoming challenges and ready to capitalize on the opportunities coming its way.
PIB Headquarters
PIB’S BULLETIN ON COVID-19
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- 215.98 cr Total Vaccine doses  have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
- 31,09,550 doses administered in last 24 hours
- India's Active caseload currently stands at 46,389
- Active cases stand at 0.1%
- Recovery Rate currently at 98.71%
- 5,748 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 4,39,41,840
- 6,422 new cases recorded in the last 24 hours
- Daily positivity rate 
- Weekly Positivity Rate 
- 89.06 cr Total Tests conducted so far; 3,14,692 tests conducted in the last 24 hours
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Ministry of Information & Broadcasting
Government of India
Prime Minister's Office
PM to interact with winners of National Awards to Teachers, 2022 on 5th September
On the occasion of Teacher’s day, Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi will interact with the winners of National Awards to Teachers, 2022 at 7 Lok Kalyan Marg on 5th September, 2022 at 4:30 PM.
The purpose of National Awards to Teachers is to celebrate and honour the unique contribution of some of the finest teachers in the country who through their commitment and hard work have not only improved the quality of school education but also enriched the lives of their students.
The National Awards to Teachers accords public recognition to meritorious teachers working in elementary and secondary schools. For the award this year, 45 teachers from across the country have been selected through a rigorous and transparent online three stage process.
Prime Minister's Office
Phone call between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and H.E. Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada
Prime Minister spoke on phone today with His Excellency Justin Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada.
The leaders updated each other about the evolving situation related to the COVID-19 pandemic in their countries, and also discussed the possibilities of international collaboration to address the health and economic crisis.
They agreed that the India-Canada partnership can be a force for good in the post-COVID world, including for advancing humanitarian values in the global discourse.
The leaders emphasised the need to strengthen multilateral institutions including the WHO, and agreed to work closely together at various international fora, on health, social, economic and political issues.
Prime Minister Modi warmly appreciated the assistance extended by Canadian authorities in recent days to the Indian citizens in Canada, and for facilitating their repatriation to India. Prime Minister Trudeau similarly expressed his happiness at the facilitation offered for the return of Canadian citizens from India.
The two leaders agreed to continue their mutual consultations in coming days. They agreed that as large economies wedded to democratic values, India and Canada have a natural convergence on many global issues.
Ministry of Science & Technology
Present & former DST Secretaries discuss DST’s roadmap in transforming India
Secretaries--both former and present, of the Department of Science and Technology  highlighted the milestones achieved so far by DST and discussed the road ahead at the inaugural panel discussion on ‘Remembering 50 Golden years of DST’ organized to commemorate the golden jubilee celebration of the department.
“DST has an extraordinary impact on the S&T ecosystem in the country. DST’s reach and depth in every area is huge, making it truly the agency for transformation of India through Science & Technology,” said former DST Secretary and present Principal Scientific Adviser  to the Government of India, K VijayRaghavan said in the panel discussion which was part of DST Golden Jubilee Discourse series.
“For India, the approach to catch up with other global leaders in science should be to do more for less and use the intellectual capacity to do so. It has to be proportionate to our investment in terms of GDP. Looking at various themes of technology, India also has to see whether there is room for originality that could make it valuable for us in terms of investment,” he added, chalking out a way forward.
DST Secretary Professor Ashutosh Sharma pointed out that the establishment of DST has been a turning point for science, technology, and innovation in India and connected to a very wide stakeholder base of S&T in India all the way from school students to Ph.D. to young scientists, R&D labs, Universities, and colleges.
He elaborated about some of the great institutional structures built by DST -- the Technology Development Board  responsible for commercializing indigenous technologies and the Science and Engineering Research Board , which has empowered several scientists. He added that all the deep foundations built so far and human resources built over 5 decades can be activated with speed and scale, as seen during the COVID 19 pandemic.
Professor T Ramasami, former Secretary DST , underlined that DST has played the role of pranavayu or the oxygen for the Indian Science system. “Given that science is ultimately to be celebrated by the citizens of the country, DST should look at the opportunity today that India presents of a completely new S&T policy framework to reach the unserved and underserved people of the country,” he added.
Prof. VS Ramamurthy, former Secretary DST , sharing his memories of DST said, “We established the first Technology Business Incubator outside any educational institution, and now this year 100 more such incubators will be set up by DST. This is a scale in which we would like to move.”
“We need enough number of researchers and technologists consistent with our population. COVID times have shown us our technological strength come to life and deliver in times of need. This will take us forward,” he stressed.
The discourse series, a part of a chain of programmes for the 50 years celebration of the department was organized virtually by the National Council for Science & Technology Communication , a division of the Department of Science and Technology, Government of India, and Vigyan Prasar.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Nitin Gadkari Calls for Insuring Road Projects in The Country; Motor Vehicle Accident Fund Contemplated for Hit-and-Run Cases
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari has called for including the road projects in the country into the ambit of insurance. He said, several countries in the world are following the practice of insuring infrastructure projects. These include Canada, Australia, USA, South Africa and UK.
Addressing a Workshop on Motor Vehicle Insurance and Road Safety in New Delhi today, the Minister informed that the Supreme Court has made it mandatory for all new two wheelers to have a five-year third party insurance. Similarly, for cars and commercial vehicles, it is mandatory to have a three-year third party insurance. In case of default, there is a provision of fine up to Rupees two thousand. Under the third party insurance, the responsibility of compensating an accident victim shifts from the vehicle owner to insurance company.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari addressing the Workshop on Motor Vehicle Insurance and Road Safety in New Delhi today.
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Underlining the importance of insurance, Shri Gadkari said, with a little procedural change in insurance practices, the death rate due to road accidents can be brought down significantly. He said, his Ministry is considering forming a Motor Vehicle Accident Fund, which will fund the amount for compensation for hit and run cases. The Fund will also be used for medical treatment of accident victims. He said, the compensation amount in hit and run cases has been increased to Rs 2 lakh, while for the injured people in such cases, it is now Rs 50 thousand. The Minister said, provision has been made in the Motor Vehicles Act to protect those helping the accident victims. The government is also contemplating making provision for protection of doctors, nurses and other medical staff from hassles in such cases, he said.
Union Minister for Road Transport & Highways and MSMEs Shri Nitin Gadkari, Secretary RT&H Dr Sanjeev Ranjan and Special Secretary RT&H Smt Leena Nandan releasing the Road Safety booklets at the Workshop on Motor Vehicle Insurance and Road Safety in New Delhi today.
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Two special booklets titled ‘Road Safety Guide for Children’ and ‘Road Safety and Safe Driving’ were released on the occasion.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
COVID-19 UPDATE
141.37 cr vaccine doses have been administered so far under Nationwide Vaccination Drive
India's Active caseload currently stands at 76,766
Active cases account for less than 1% of total cases, currently at 0.22%; Lowest since March 2020
Recovery Rate currently at 98.40%; Highest since March 2020
7,091 recoveries in the last 24 hours increases Total Recoveries to 3,42,30,354
6,987 new cases in the last 24 hours
Daily positivity rate  less than 2% for last 83 days
Weekly Positivity Rate  less than 1% for last 42 days
67.19 cr Total Tests conducted so far
Statewise status of Omicron Variant
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S. No.
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State
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No. of Omicron Cases
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Discharged/Recovered/Migrated
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1
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Maharashtra
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108
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42
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2
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Delhi
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79
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23
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3
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Gujarat
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43
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10
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4
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Telangana
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41
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10
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5
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Kerala
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38
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1
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6
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Tamil Nadu
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34
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0
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7
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Karnataka
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31
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15
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8
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Rajasthan
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22
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19
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|
9
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West Bengal
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|
6
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1
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10
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Haryana
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4
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2
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|
11
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Odisha
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4
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0
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12
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Andhra Pradesh
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4
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1
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13
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Jammu and Kashmir
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3
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3
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14
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Uttar Pradesh
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2
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2
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15
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Chandigarh
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1
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0
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16
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Ladakh
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1
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1
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17
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Uttarakhand
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1
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0
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Total
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422
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130
Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
Air Pollution a serious problem and Government committed towards fighting it: Shri Prakash Javadekar
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Shri Prakash Javadekar today said that the Central Government has been taking all steps possible to combat air pollution in Delhi and North India and is working towards deploying all possible technological interventions towards that.
Speakingat the 4th Roundtable Consultation on 'Clearing the Air – Driving central and state-level actions’ jointly hosted by TERI and Air Quality Asia, an international air quality advocacy group, the Environment Minister stated that Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has put a firm resolve to improve the air quality of 100 cities in next 5 years. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change through its National Clean Air Programme, which is a city specific plan is working in that direction with a target to achieve 20 to 30 % reduction in PM10 and PM2.5 concentrations by 2024.
Speaking on the peculiar nature of Air Pollution in Northern India especially Delhi-NCR the minister said that the crisis of air pollution can be attributed to primary factors like industrial emissions, vehicular emissions, dust from construction and demolition sites, stubble burning for around 50-60 days in a year, biomass burning and poor legacy waste management.
Speaking on the role of meteorology and geography Shri Javadekar said that though Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Chennai have similar population load and similar industrial and vehicular pollution levels, but Air quality index in Delhi has shot up to over 300 in the last few days while in Chennai it is only 29, in Mumbai it is 140 and in Bangalore it is 45. The Minister said that this is due to the meteorological factors which we must appreciate and therefore when the wind speed and meteorology is unfavourable we must make more efforts to better air quality.
The Minister highlighted a host of initiatives including scientific and technological interventions taken by Central government to mitigate the menace of Air Pollution in last few years.
Ministry of Steel
Skill Training Centres Under Ministry of Steel
There are three training Institutes namely, National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology  ; Institute for Steel Development and Growth  at Kolkata and Biju Patnaik National Steel Institute  at Puri for imparting technical training to manpower employed in secondary steel sector. Further, individual CPSEs under Ministry of Steel impart training to their employees and apprentices.
The details of the training imparted by these Institutes and CPSEs under the Ministry of Steel during 2019-20 are as following:-
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Name
of Institutes/PSUs
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Type of training
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Number of
persons trained
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FY 2019-20
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NISST
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Skill up-gradation in secondary steel sector
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656
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INSDAG
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Steel Designs and Construction training
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814
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CPSEs [Steel Authority of India Ltd. and Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd.]
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Skill up-gradation of employees
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380
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Apprentice training
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3318
NISST has one of its centers at Nagpur in Maharashtra to provide training to the steel industry sponsored candidates in the state.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Steel Shri Dharmendra Pradhan in a written reply in the Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Any country that is keen in the path of growth and improvisation, should concentrate on research and development: Union Minister Shri Mansukh Mandaviya in Puducherry
Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, Lt. Governor of Puducherry Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan, Chief Minister Shri N. Rangasamy and Director-General of the Indian Council of Medical Research Shri Balram Bhargav took part in the ceremony for laying the foundation stone for the establishment of the International Centre of Excellence for training in Medical Entomology at the ICMR- Vector Control Research Centre today in Puducherry.
Speaking on the occasion, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya said any country that is keen in the path of growth and improvisation, should concentrate on research and development.
Stating that no other nation had the pride of vaccinating nearly two billion doses, the Minister lauded and extended his gratitude to the scientists who developed the vaccine during pandemic.
Later, Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya inaugurated the International School of Public Health at JIPMER.
The Minister said, “I am happy to be among young students and doctors. Today is an important day not only for JIPMER, but for the entire world. The Central Government has allotted Rs. 65 crores for the establishment of this unique centre.” The Central Government under the leadership of Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi saved the lives of common people through the mighty public health infrastructures, he added.
Prime Minister's Office
PM compliments Arunachal Pradesh for crossing 75% coverage under Jal Jeevan Mission
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has complimented the Chief Minister and his team as Arunachal Pradesh crosses 75% coverage under Jal Jeevan Mission providing drinking water to 1.73 lakh rural households.
In a reply to the tweet by Arunachal Pradesh CM, Shri Pema Khandu, the Prime Minister tweeted;
“75% coverage in the time of Amrit Mahotsav is commendable, keeping in mind the difficult terrain in parts of Arunachal Pradesh. Compliments to the team delivering this and best wishes to complete the remaining part.”
Ministry of Defence
Western Fleet Deployment to Sri Lanka ends on high note
The Western Fleet’s deployment to Sri Lanka culminated in a maritime partnership exercise between the two navies on 12 March 2022.
On departure from the port of Colombo, IN Ships Chennai and Teg exercised with Sri Lanka Navy ship Sindurala. The smoothly conducted exercise began with a simulated situation of asymmetric threat against ships leaving harbour by fast attack crafts of the Sri Lankan Navy. Thereafter, as part of seamanship exercises, ships of both navies made approaches for towing, maintained station for Replenishment at Sea and undertook close distance maneuvering.
Chetak helicopter of the Indian Navy also participated in the exercise. The exercise ended with the traditional steam past with the Sri Lankan ship approaching the column of Indian Navy ships from a reciprocal direction and personnel manning their ship-sides and waving good bye to each other. The professional interaction between the navies was extremely fruitful and enhanced interoperability between them.
Earlier on 11 March 2022, Rear Admiral Sameer Saxena, NM, Flag Officer Commanding Western Fleet  called on Admiral Prof. Jayanath Colombage, the Foreign Secretary of Sri Lanka. The Commanding Officers of INS Chennai and INS Teg called on Rear Admiral AUC De Silva, Commander of Western Naval Area of Sri Lanka.
A friendly volleyball match was also played between personnel of the two navies to enhance mutual interaction at the junior levels.
The Indian ships were kept open for general public, school children, serving naval personnel and children with special needs. All COVID-19 regulations were adhered to during the interactions held.
Ministry of Labour & Employment
EPFO’s clarification on misleading article published in newspaper
Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation , an statutory organisation under Labour and Employment Ministry, has stated that an article was published in a section of media on 18.11.2020 under the caption “EPFO subscribers, firms down in Oct”. In this regard, EPFO has categorically clarified that the information contained in the article is incorrect and unsubstantiated.
The article published claims a decline of 30,800 contributing establishments with EPFO in October from September 2020 and a simultaneous decline of 1.8 million contributing members in October as compared with the previous month. EPFO has emphasized that the dataset published regarding contributory members and establishments does not match with the official data of EPFO for any of the wage months mentioned. The data published in not based on EPFO’s data and is incorrect, EPFO said.
EPFO’s official data regarding contributory members and establishment is published on 20th of every month in the form of Payroll data. The Payroll data for any wage month is taken after one month from due date for filing ECR. Consequently, the data for September, 2020  shall be taken only on 15.11.2020 and that for October, 2020  on 15.12.2020.The last Payroll data published on 20.10.2020 has shown that except for the month of April and May 2020, there has been a continuous growth trend in net payroll additions till August 2020. EPFO’s payroll data for month of September will be published on 20.11.2020.
In EPFO, the data regarding contributing members and contributory establishments is derived from the Electronic Challan cum Return  filed by the establishments for any particular wage month. The due date of filing of ECR is 15 th of the subsequent month but employer may pay belatedly with liability of interest for period of delay.
“Due to this flexibility, to be able to file ECR even after due date, EPFO’s contributory member and establishment data for any wage month remains dynamic. In this regard, concluding a count of contributory members and establishments for October, 2020 as on 16.11.2020 is premature and totally erroneous. Projection of incomplete data from unknown source without considering the dynamics nature of the data is highly objectionable,” EPFO added.